So essentially what you ask is that the default implementation use C-Obj ZLib
delivered with Delphi.

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From: "Angus Robertson - Magenta Systems Ltd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <twsocket@elists.org>
Sent: Monday, November 21, 2005 10:51 AM
Subject: Re: [twsocket] HTTP compression
> > I suggest that the compression part (i.e the one that implement the
> > gzip using the dll) should not be included in the library (I mean the
> > ICS package, not the distrbuted zip) but as demo or similar. Then it
> > is a choose of the developer if include it (or another
> > implementation) in the application.
>
> I disagree. Given that ICS is essentially undocumented, if people have
> to go searching through dozens of demo applications to find the
> compression code, they simply won't do it. ICS is supposed to be high
> level components that include such functionality.
>
> Since Zlib is part of the VCL in Delphi 7 and later, and 2006 has the
> latest version, it makes sense to simply use the VCL, in exactly the
> same way as we use the VCL for numerous other things. Assuming it's
> implements the features we need.
>
> If some developers are not satisfied with the VCL ZLIB, they can
> override the components and include whatever code they want. I'm not
> sure of the ZLIB state in Delphi 6 and earlier, I think it needed to be
> installed separately, but since I seem to be only one here that using
> anything older than Delphi 7 (which I'm now migrating away from), it
> probably does not matter.
>
> Angus
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